英语词汇“surrender”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

verb | noun

surrendersurrender1 /səˈrɛndɚ/ ●●○ verb

ETYMOLOGYsurrender¹

Origin: 1400-1500 Old French surrendre, from sur- ( ➔ SURCHARGE) + rendre to give back, yield

VERB TABLE

surrender

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	surrender
	he, she, it	surrenders
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	surrendered
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have surrendered
	he, she, it	has surrendered
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had surrendered
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will surrender
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have surrendered

Continuous Form
Present	I	am surrendering
	he, she, it	is surrendering
	you, we, they	are surrendering
Past	I, he, she, it	was surrendering
	you, we, they	were surrendering
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been surrendering
	he, she, it	has been surrendering
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been surrendering
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be surrendering
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been surrendering

THESAURUSstop fighting► surrender

to say officially that you want to stop fighting because you realize that you cannot win: All three gunmen had surrendered by the end of the day.

► give in

to accept that you have lost a fight, game, etc.: Neither side was willing to give in.

► admit/accept defeat

to accept that you have not won something: In July 1905, Russia admitted defeat in its war with Japan.

► concede

formal to admit that you are not going to win a game, argument, battle, etc.: Davis conceded defeat in the election.

► yield

formal to allow yourself to be forced or persuaded to do something: The government will never yield to terrorism.

► submit

formal to agree to obey someone who is stronger or has authority over you: He refused to submit to the king and was thrown in prison.

1STOP FIGHTING [intransitive] (also surrender yourself) to say officially that you want to stop fighting because you realize that you cannot win: All three gunmen had surrendered by the end of the day.surrender to After 74 days of battle, the army surrendered to the British.THESAURUSgive in – to accept that you have lost a fight, game, etc.: Neither side was willing to give in.admit/accept defeat – to accept that you have not won something: In July 1905, Russia admitted defeat in its war with Japan.concede formal – to admit that you are not going to win a game, argument, battle, etc.: Davis conceded defeat in the election.yield formal – to allow yourself to be forced or persuaded to do something: The government will never yield to terrorism.submit formal – to agree to obey someone who is stronger or has authority over you: He refused to submit to the king and was thrown in prison.2GIVE UP something IMPORTANT [transitive] to give up something that is important or necessary, often because you feel forced to: Ventura surrendered custody of all six of her children.3LAND/WEAPONS [transitive] to give your soldiers or land to an enemy after they have beaten you in a battle: surrender somebody/something to somebody They were given two hours to surrender their weapons to authorities.4IMPORTANT DOCUMENT [transitive] formal to give something such as a license or a passport to someone in authority so that it cannot be used anymore: surrender something to somebody The court ordered Bond to surrender his passport to the authorities.5surrender (yourself) to something to allow yourself to do, feel, or be influenced by something that you have been fighting against: Colette surrendered to temptation and took out a cigarette.

verb | noun

surrendersurrender2 ●●○ noun [singular, uncountable]

COLLOCATIONS► unconditional surrender

The allies demanded unconditional surrender (=the act of accepting total defeat).

1the act of saying officially that you want to stop fighting because you realize that you cannot win: terms of surrendersurrender of The surrender of Germany ended the war in Europe. The allies demanded unconditional surrender (=the act of accepting total defeat).2the act of giving up weapons, land, people, etc. to someone who has defeated you or to the police: surrender of The police have a program for the surrender of weapons.3the act of giving up something, usually because you are forced to: surrender of The military’s surrender of power has been peaceful.4literary the act of allowing yourself to do, feel, or be influenced by something that you have been fighting against: surrender to Eventually his behavior led to total surrender to drug addiction.